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2012: Bowl Mania, Todd McShay and more!

Posted on December 10, 2012 by gamedaycole

Ladies and gentlemen, here is everything you came here to see. Below you will find Todd McShay’s official bowl picks from the ESPN Bowl Mania special last night. Along for the ride were Robert Smith and bowl expert Ed Cunningham who chimed in for some of the picks as well. They do things by confidence points, so take note gamblers. Ed Cunningham’s theme of the night was blindly picking the SEC over Big Ten in any matchup, while Robert Smith’s theme was shockingly high confidence one some big games that will likely be very close. Todd McShay’s theme of the night was reminding everyone that he won the Bowl Mania contest between the three of them last year. McShay didn’t have an official upset special, but his upset picks are pretty much towards the low confidence area for anyone who cares (and as a former Bowl Pick’em champion, I would say that the upsets are where you rack up the points). Things will likely change before the kickoff of all of these games (they did last year), so if McShay, Smith or Cunningham change their minds, I will have them posted here. Good luck bowling everyone.

McShay's bowl picks — McShay’s bowl picks

Todd McShay (ESPN Bowl Mania Special 12/9):
35. Okla St over Purdue
34. TTU over Minnesota
33. Utah St over Toledo
32. Oregon over KState
31. Fresno St over SMU
30. Stanford over Wisconsin
29. S.Carolina over Michigan
28. Vanderbilt over NC St
27. Florida over Louisville
26. FSU over NIU
25. Ark St over Kent St
24. SJSU over BGSU
23. Arizona over Nevada
22. Bama over Notre Dame
21. Lafayette over ECU
20. WVU over Syracuse
19. TAMU over OU
18. Georgia over Nebraska
17. Ole Miss over Pitt
16. USC over GaTech
15. Ariz St over Navy
14. LaMonroe over Ohio
13. Rice over AF
12. Boise St over Washington
11. LSU over Clemson
10. Baylor over UCLA
9. Ball St over UCF
8. WKU over C.Michigan
7. BYU over SDSU
6. TCU over Mich St
5. Iowa St over Tulsa
4. Oregon St over Texas
3. Rutgers over VaTech
2. Duke over Cinci
1. NW over Miss St

Robert Smith (ESPN Bowl Mania Special 12/9):
35. Georgia over Nebraska
34. Florida over Louisville
31. FSU over NIU
30. S.Carolina over Michigan
28. Stanford over Wisconsin
27. TCU over Mich St
26. LSU over Clemson
25. Bama over Notre Dame
20. TAMU over OU
16. Oregon over KState
8. USC over GaTech
6. Baylor over UCLA
3. NW over Miss ST

Ed Cunningham: (ESPN Bowl Mania special 12/9):
35. Oregon over KState
33. Florida over Louisville
30. FSU over NIU
14. UCLA over Baylor
12. Mich St over TCU
10. S.Carolina over Michigan
9. Bama over Notre Dame
7. GaTech over USC
3. Miss St over NW
2. Georgia over Nebraska
1. Stanford over Wisconsin

2012 Bowl Season: First picks are in!

Posted on December 10, 2012 by gamedaycole

The first bowl picks for 2012-13 are slowly starting to come in. Later tonight we I will have a full recap posted of Todd McShay’s big board of bowl picks, and updates will come throughout the week as others like Pat Forde post their full slate of picks. For each pick, I’ll also add when and where I saw it, that way if somebody changes their mind on a pick three weeks from now, you will know which one is going in the official record.

David Pollack:
Oregon St over Texas (Twitter 12/5)

Ivan Maisel:
Oregon over KState (espn.com preview 12/4)
LSU over Clemson (espn.com preview 12/4)
FSU over NIU (espn.com preview 12/4)

Jesse Palmer:
FSU over NIU (CFB Live 12/3)

Lou Holtz:
Notre Dame over Bama (Final Verdict 12/3)

Mark May:
Bama over Notre Dame (Final Verdict 12/3)

Mark Schlabach:
Oregon over KState (espn.com preview 12/4)
LSU over Clemson (espn.com preview 12/4)
FSU over NIU (espn.com preview 12/4)

Matt Stinchcomb:
Notre Dame over Bama (Final Verdict 12/3)

Mike Bellotti:
Bama over Notre Dame (Final Verdict 12/3)
Oregon St over Texas (The Experts 12/4)
Florida over Louisville (The Experts 12/4)

2011-12 Bowl Season Results

Posted on January 12, 2012 by gamedaycole

Alright ladies and gents, with all precincts reporting and all picks tallied, the results are in. It is official. Your 2011-12 Bowl Pick’em champion is one Tony Reali of Around the Horn fame. His 25-10 record was the tops of anyone who picked more than two games. Congratulations to Tony Reali for all of his hard work. I know that hair doesn’t grease itself up every day.

Tony Reali: Champion — Tony Reali: Bowl pick'em Champion

The final results are listed below. For championship contention I require our experts to more than just a few games, so coming up behind Tony Reali is Bill Plaschke, with Robert Smith taking the bronze medal. Todd McShay was last year’s winner going 20-11, so this is a much stronger year with several experts, including my girlfriend, putting up 20+ correct picks. And of course, we have to shame some of this year’s losers. Tim Cowlishaw brought up the rear this year, and Mike Greenberg is our only other expert who did the full bowl pick’em slate to have a losing record. Also of note, the entire Gameday crew posted losing records (oops). I’ll be updating pages over the next few days if you need to see everyone’s full results. I’ll also be back to post my post-season awards once they are completed.

P.S. Yours truly went 23-12 on picks. Just incase you were wondering.

Trevor Matich: 2-0, 100%
Chris Fowler: 1-0, 100%
Tony Reali: 25-10, 71.43%
Tom Luginbill: 5-2, 71.43%
Bill Plaschke: 24-11, 68.57%
Jesse Palmer: 2-1, 66.67%
Robert Smith: 23-13, 65.71%
Mike Bellotti: 20-11, 64.52%
Jennifer: 22-13, 62.86%
Colin Cowherd: 22-13, 62.86%
Pat Forde: 22-13, 62.86%
Ed Cunningham: 19-14, 57.58%
Ryen Russillo: 20-15, 57.14%
Todd McShay: 20-15, 57.14%
Mike Golic: 20-15, 57.14%
Skip Bayless: 19-15, 55.88%
David Pollack: 18-15, 54.55%
Kevin Blackistone: 19-16, 54.29%
Scott Van Pelt: 19-16, 54.29%
Michael Smith: 18-17, 51.43%
Danny Kanell: 3-3, 50%
Jason Sehorn: 1-1, 50%
Charlie Arbuckle: 1-1, 50%
Turner Gil: 1-1, 50%
Mike Greenberg: 17-18, 48.57%
Lee Corso: 4-5, 44.44%
Tim Cowlishaw: 15-20, 42.86%
Desmond Howard: 3-5, 37.5%
Kirk Herbstreit: 2-5, 28.57%
Mark Schlabach: 0-1, 0%
Rod Gilmore: 0-1, 0%
JA Adande: 0-1, 0%
Woody Paige: 0-1, 0%
Matt Stinchcomb: 0-2, 0%